Intro: A
D A
Ann Marie lives in Kansas City
E A
She's a christian, she loves living there
D A
She said, "I'm flying back to Brooklyn"
E A
Rolls her eyes and fixes her hair
D A
Cleans houses with mom for work
E A
Goes to school and dreams of dirt
D A
Strives and tries to live life plain
E A D
But a loss of love sure can make you mean
CHORUS:
A E A
How can I begin to guess
Bm F#m
The life and times of a wedding dress
D A E A
Bright and shiny like the sun
Bm E F#m
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
D A E A
Bright and shiny like the sun
Bm E A
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
INTERLUDE: D E A D E A
D A
Jerry Gobel is an auto mechanic
E A
Born and raised just outside the seam
D A
Bright eyes in a jungle city
E A D
He never could really love Ann Marie
CHORUS:
A E A
How could I begin to guess, he said
Bm F#m
The life and times of a wedding dress
D A E A
Bright and shiny like the sun
Bm E F#m
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
D A E A
Bright and shiny like the sun
Bm E F#m
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun, shotgun
INSTRUMENTAL: D E A D E A D E A
D A
Grandma's a Pentecostal
E A
Goes to church 'most every day
D A
Ann Marie and her baby, Mikey
E A D
B new reason to live and pray
CHORUS:
A E A
How could I begin to guess
Bm F#m
The life and times of a wedding dress
D A E A
Bright and shiny like the sun
Bm E F#m
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun
D A E A
Bright and shiny like the sun
Bm E A
Then sealed away like a secret shotgun, shotgun